by <a href="https://instituteofreflection.com/author/jonathanbradley/" target="_self">Jonathan Bradley</a>

by Jonathan Bradley

Jonathan Bradley, a Renaissance Man with a career that spans finance and Academia, versifies his individual take on city life and points up the advantages of reflection as in ‘Escape from a pre-computer office‘.
POEM

Rats

They stick to family values in their home,
Their many offspring brought up to be tough,
But when they’re on the streets allowed to roam
Then life becomes a struggle, hard and rough
so education comes in heavy blows
scaping down a stinking city drains
or, injured, left to die as food for crows:
They have no doctors, pensions, or address,
No nurseries, care homes, savings in the bank
Their homes are always in a filthy mess
And yet they thrive in hovels rang and dank.
So how would cities cope with all the rats
Without the hunting skills of feral cats